School furniture.



G. W. SCOTT.

SCHOOL FURNITURE.

APPucATloN FILED rEB.28.191a.

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SCHOOL FURNITURE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 2e. I9Ia.

Patented Oct. 8, 1918.

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SCHOOL FURNITURE.

specification of Letters Patent.-

Patented Oct. 8, 1918.

Application led February 28, 1918. Serial No. 219,691.

To all lwhom it may concer/n.: v l W. Soor'r,'a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at the city and county of San Francisco and State ofCalifornia, have invented new and useful'l Improvements inSchool-Furniture, of which the following is a specification.

' This invention relates to an article of furniture, and particularlypertains to acombined desk and chair especially adapted for school use.

It is the principal object of this invention to provide a combined chairand table which are assembled to form a unitary structure and which areso united as to permit ingress and egressfrom either s ide of the chair.

Another object of this invention is to pro- -vide a combined chair anddesk, the desk member of which may be adjusted vertically,

disposed at various angles to the horizontal and is fitted with othermeans which permit the board of the desk to be moved inwardly andoutwardly in relation to the chair, thus being capable of moving Ato anunobstructing position when a person is being seated in the chair.

Another object of this invention is to provide a device of the abovecharacter which is composed of few parts adapted to be readily assembledand manufactured in an inexpensive manner.

Further objects will appear hereinafter.

In carrying out the present invention, a chair of common construction isused, having a pair of rear legs and further supported by brackets whichextend downwardly and then outwardly along the vfloor to providesupportin means for a table justed, as deslred, 1n relation to itsbracket.

The invention is illustrated by way of example in the accompanyingdrawmgs, 1n whichp Figure 1 is a view in side elevatlon, illustratingthe desk and chair in` their assembled relation to each other. i

Fig. 2 is a view in front elevation further disclosing the correlationof the elements of the desk and chair.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 10l indicates a. chair, infixed relation to which a desk 11 is positioned. .Y 'Ihe chair isrovided with a seat 12, united with vertlcal)back lrails 13 and 14.lThese rails are of common construction extending downfrom the bracketsare turned up wardly to form rear legs 15 and 16 and upwardly to formthe posts of the chair back. The posts are here shown as united bytransversely dlsposed rails 17 and 18, preferably mortised into theopposing faces of the posts.

Extending downwardly beneath the front corners of the seat board arecorner posts 19 and 20 which are united at their lower ends byhorizontally extending rails 21 with the rear legs. In this manner aframework is formed beneath the seat for a drawer 22, here shown asbeing capable of being drawn outwardly from the side of the chair. Asuitable handle or knob may be positioned upon the drawer of a design inkeeping with that of the chair. The forward edge of the chair 1ssupported by metallic brackets 23 and 24 which extend from the rear legsof the chair horizontally beneath the drawer. The brackets are bentdownwardly on a line flush with the forward face ofthe posts 19 and 20and extend to the floor, at which point they are bent forwardly. It willbe understood that this bend in the brackets is s0 arranged ras toprovide the forward edge of the seat board withsuitable supports similartothe rear legs and that the seat board will be maintained in a properhorizontal plane.

The bracket members extend forwardly along the Hoor. At a point infrontof the chair and a predetermined distance thereto form vertical posts.vThe brackets so bent will form a U-shaped passageway in front of thechair which will allow ingress to and egress from either side of thechair. In the present instance the brackets form a space of aboutfifteen inches in width in front of the chair which is suiicient toprovide knee room for the occupant of the chair.

The vertically extending posts 25 formed by the brackets terminate at apoint slightlyi above the horizontal plane of the chair seat. Clampingbolts 26 are fixed to the posts in spaced relation to each other andadjacent to the upper terminating end previously specified. These boltsextend through longitudinally alined elongated slots 27 formed 1n tableangle brackets 28. The angle brackets are particularly shown in Fig. 1,

where they will be seen to possess a stralght downwardly extendingshank, preferably of angle section, which 1s bent upwardly and`outwardly to form a flat'bar, at the termitiene 'llh'se" angle membersextend in a general direction toward the chair-sandlprpvide support forguideways 3@ uponwhich the table board 3l is slidably held. rllhesupporting guideways are provided. at their rear ends with shackle bars32 which are pivotally connected therewith and extend downwardlyA to beclamped by the action of a clamping bolt 33. llt is to beunderstood'that the bolts 26 and 33 extend across and through themembers speciied and that spacing pipes 34C are interposed-between themembers and the bolts to hold the two brackets 23 and 24e in spacedrelation to each other, as well as the angle brackets 28. The tableboard is tted with a pair of Xed ways 34C and stands upon the two rearlegs l and l -means to support the desk from the upand which engage theguideways 30 to permit the' table board to be moved toward andv awayfrom the chair, thus allowing easy egress and ingress.

llnruse, the chair is disposed as desired the downwardly extendingportions of the brackets 23 and 2t.` When the chair is unoccupied thedesk board 31 is moved to an extreme forward position in the directionindicated by the arrow a in Fig. l. 'llhe chair may then be occupied, itbeing readily seen that in ress and egress may be had from .either sldeofthe chair after which the vdesk Vboard may be drawn forward andadjusted by the occupant of the chair. Prior to occupancy or thereafterthe angle members 28 may bevertically adjusted as well as the shacklebars 32. This insures that the desk will be properly adapted .for theindividual requirements of the occupant.

llt will thus bel seen that the combined structure here disclosedprovides a vdesirable article of school furniture within which a chairand desk are incorporated in a unitary manner and which allows theoccupant to have ingress or egress from the chair from either sidethereof and further insures that the desk may be accurately adjusted,vertically, horizontally and angularly.

While ll have shown the preferred form of my invention as now known tome, it will ,v nascere ll claim and desire to secure by Letters Patentis: Y l.. .lin schooll furniture, a seat,-rear door depending fromthe-seat, bracketshalng horizontal parts connected to the rear legs andto the front posts'and having parts eX- tending downwardly in alinementwith the front posts, said brackets also having horizontal parts whichseat on the floor and vertical parts which'ektend upwardly from thefront end of the horizontal parts, a desk, and means to' support thedesk from thew wardly extending parts, means to #support the front ofthe seat from said upper horizontal parts of the4 brackets, a desk, and

Wardly extending parts of the brackets.

3. ln schoolfurniture, a pair of verticalsupports, brackets havingvertical parts secured to saidsupports and having angular n partsextending forwardly of the supports, guide-ways pivoted at one end tothe front ends of the angular parts of the brackets,

shackle bars pivoted at their upper ends to the guide ways anddependingfrom the latter, means to adjustably connect the .lower ends of theshackle bars to the brackets, fa desk, and means to slidably connect thedesk to said guide-wa s.

4. ln school Vrniture,.v ertica1 supports, brackets, means to verticallyadjust vthe brackets on said supports, guide-ways, means to pivotallyconnect theguide-ways at the forward ends of the latter to the brackets,bars pivoted to the vguide ways and dependergaginglegsiorthe sea, frontcorner posts ing therefrom, means to adjustably connect I the bars tothe brackets so as' to enable the rear endsof 'the guide-ways to be heldat lvarying vertical' elevations, a desk, and

means to slidably connect the desk to said guide-ways.

In testimony whereof lf have lhereunto set my hand in the presence oftwo subscrib.

ing witnesses. f

GEORGEW.- SCOTT. Witnesses: l

W. W. HEALEY, l M. E.. ll'flwn're...k

